Mar 16, 2023 Taking Charge of EV Infrastructure Changes By Elaine Meskhi One of the most significant barriers to the rollout of Electric Vehicles (EV) chargers, and particularly rapid and ultra-rapid chargers...
Mar 16, 2023 A simpler, better way to plan a railway? By Neil Kirkwood How we decide on the best use of finite network capacity and give access to operate services is one of the most fraught, but fundamental,...
Feb 20, 2023 Re-imagining Greater Manchester's towns By Nicola Kane Last week, I took a morning out to attend the Greater Manchester Development Hotspots conference at the Science and Industry Museum. The...
Feb 09, 2023 Taking the hovercraft to Future Transport Forum 2023 By Matthew Trigg How many transport conferences include a ride on a hovercraft? This was one of many highlights from the recent Future Transport Forum...
Jan 27, 2023 NPPF Reforms - building trust through community empowerment By Victoria Rees The planning reforms seek to place local communities at the heart of the planning system, but will this make the case for development...
Jan 26, 2023 Shaping the future of transport planning: What priorities are emerging for us in 2023? By Voices of Steer Join us on Wed 8th Feb 2023 at 16.30. Transport planners are facing considerable challenges in our rapidly changing world. To help...
Jan 24, 2023 Six rules for communicating major infrastructure upgrades By Matthew Trigg Looking back at the £1.2 billion East Coast Upgrade, the following lessons from this project still very much hold true two years later....
Jan 18, 2023 Railway infrastructure: a platform for value By Mike Goggin I have had the pleasure over the last few weeks of seeing in person how the railway infrastructure's can bring about vibrancy in...
Dec 16, 2022 Global cities: the race is never over By Mike Goggin I have had the pleasure of some travel over recent weeks, which has seen me make return visits to Mexico City, New York City, and...
Dec 01, 2022 What Government wants from the railway: summary of CP7 HLOS for England & Wales By Mike Goggin The Secretary of State for Transport (SoS) today published the Government's High Level Output Specification (HLOS) and Statement of...
Sep 06, 2022 Small is beautiful By Richard Harper Railway enhancement projects are often huge undertakings, with enormous teams, high prestige, and very visible outcomes. Think London...
Sep 01, 2022 In Suburbia: cost of living will hit the 80% By Mike Goggin (warning another of my poor music analogies in this article) There has always been a significant focus on the needs of our larger and...
Aug 19, 2022 Cycling as a technology solution By Matthew Trigg Too often, technology is now only seen as something involving digital elements, reliant on software, microchips, and sensors to be...
Aug 16, 2022 Fortaleciendo el Ciclo de Infraestructura en México By Sofia Arroyo La semana pasada estuve involucrada en un estudio muy demandante que me hizo reflexionar sobre la forma en la que preparamos los...
Aug 16, 2022 Chefs needed to curate bus and heat networks By Mike Goggin The Times columnist Matthew Paris provoked serious nodding of my head at the weekend. Here was an opinion piece that resonated with me...
Aug 16, 2022 Making the right choices when upgrades mean disruption By Richard Harper Enhancing the rail network isn't possible without some disruption to passengers. It's an age-old problem which has been increasing in...